yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] farzad23:
hi all

i used this great tool and every thing with cmw ok write cmw to phone with SP_Flash_Tool_v3.1252.1 and boot the phone then backup in cmw and with mtkdroid tool

then got root and with mtkdroid tooll wrote the N7200_130308__boot_patched_130806-111326.img(which was create in previous step) to phone but with the patched boot phone stop in boot step

what is wrong with patch boot.img

any help please
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Do you need to write your patched boot image to your device if you already have root?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] farzad23:
HI

tanx for u'r reply .actually it is not root .when i connect the phone to pc and use droidtool and click on root .it will be root but when reboot it will be unroot ,. i wanna to port some firmware but all the tools in this forum needs root or something like"ro.secure=0 " in boot.img

thanx
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Ok, if you tried to write the patched boot file to your phone with droid tools and it failed then try to flash it with spflashtool, select your scatter file from your backup,(for flashtool from readback) just select your modified recovery file(if needed) and your patched boot file and only tick those two files in flashtool click download and it should flash and you get permanent root shell.:D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] farzad23:
hi

sorry i forgot to say i flashed with new recovery which is out put droid tool so i can not use flashtool .when i turn off the phone then push the voulum+ and power it gose to recovery.and also flash patche boo.img with droidtools was successfull but when it rebooted, freezed at boot logo and hanged
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Sorry I don't understand why you can't use spflashtool, if you used it before to flash recovery then you should be able to flash your boot img.

if you go back to the beginning of his thread rua1 says that 'sometimes when writing boot image you get a brick, in this case download with flashtool'

You need to connect to flashtool with your phone switched off and battery removed.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] farzad23:
i try combination of many keys with and without battery but the USB VCOM drivers was not load so i can not use flashtool .flashtool need boot loader state .so when i try to voulum+ and power it gose to recovery bt before to falsh recovery phone with this combination key ,got the boot loder state
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Ah I see, so when you connect your phone(switched off, battery out) you see nothing in device manager on your pc? nothing in the ports section?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] farzad23:
hi all

no USB VCOM in this state never load
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Hi [MENTION=1311235]farzad23[/MENTION] , it seems odd that you are able to get into recovery, but unable to connect to pc via the usb cable, on my phone I connect to flashtool in Preloader mode, which is seen in device manager when connecting for only a couple of seconds before it disappears again, but if you can not see this in device manager, I am not sure what you can do, maybe try a different usb cable?

Modes of the virtual COM ports (thanks to rua1)

In case of problems in operation with SPFT it is useful to listen to a sound on PC and to open a Device Manager. The sound signals about connection and switch-off of devices and the Device Manager shows a mode of the virtual port and information on drivers. If with drivers everything is all right, devices appear in the section Ports (COM & LPT) and the icon of the device shan't be marked by exclamation point ! in a yellow surrounding.

Modes of the VCOM:

BOOTROM (in device manager show as MTK USB Port with pid=003) . For connection in this mode can it is required :

1 to use press of some phone buttons (photo, volume up or down ) at the same time with connection of a cable to PC (phone shall be switched off)

2 or to use OTG adapter

or, if it didn't turn out 1 and 2, use a test point.

PRELOADER (...MediaTek USB VCOM Port with pid=2000 ) This port appears for only some seconds in case of connection of switched-off phone to PC

DA_HIGHSPEED (...MediaTek DA USB VCOM Port with pid=2001)This port can appear after phone at first will be connected in the PRELOADER or BOOTROM mode.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jy_P:
False sucess

Hi!

I have a VOYO Q707. I tried this, I created the scatter file, the backup recovery mode with CWM. Everything worked fine.

But when I tried to write back the recovery using SP Flash, I got a Green circle (Success) but the writing process took only 1 second... Seems like nothing has been written in the tablet memory since I still have the original useless recovery.

Is it possible that SP Flash too cannot write to some devices? Or that some devices fakes the operation?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Did you follow the guide at post #5 of this thread?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jy_P:
Yes... I did

Yes, that is what I did... Everything worked fine. But the step #8, took only 1 sec. I don't think any data has actually been written to the device even if SPFlashTool return a success (Green circle).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
In step 8, did you choose the modified recovery by clicking on the the word 'recovery' and navigating to it , as well as ticking the box? I ask because that was a mistake that I made.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jy_P:
Yes I did that too! Funny hen?

I just tried it again to be sure... After a connect my tablet (powered off), the status bar at the buttom show a progression in RED, and then in Yellow, and then the Green circle... But still no recovery.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Hmm dunno then, I thought it worked with all mediatek devices, perhaps not, if you followed the guide then it seems your device doesn't seem to like the cwm made by droid tools, maybe google your device and find another way of installing it.

Just a thought, [MENTION=1236021]jy_P[/MENTION] you could have a look at the log file for sp flashtool, that might throw some light on whats going wrong, just click on help in flashtool, then open logs folder

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Was your tablet already rooted, ie superuser/supersu installed? if so I think there is another method to install cwm through droid tools

Instructions here, http://forum.china-iphone.ru/progra...niya-rekaveri-na-mt65-t17863-980.html#p986046

Unfortunately in Russian! if you open in chrome browser it will translate it, sort of... look at rua1's post towards the bottom of the page... 'How do cwm if phone is set superuser'
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jy_P:
Well, thanks everyone for trying to help me.

My tablet is not root. That is mainly why I am trying this. I tried to root it using Z4Root, didn't worked and SuperOneClick 2.3.3 has installed Superuser app, but the tablet is still not root.

The VOYO Q707 is fairly new and there is nothing yet on how to root it. :( So I am trying everything I can find.

I looked at the log, but I don't understand what I see in there. But if anyone is curious to see it, let me know and I'll be glad to post the log.

The only error that I can find in there (which appears often) is

"FlashTool[1164][5272][DEBUG]: ERROR: OperationIndicator::QueryDADLHint(): da_dl_type(??) error, could not find DA download hint!(.\OperationIndicator.cpp,98)"

Anyhow, I can use the tablet even if it is not root, but I would really like to find a way to root it. That would be really useful for what I need it for.

If anyone one has any other idea to help me, I'll be happy to hear it!

Thanks!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Hey [MENTION=1236021]jy_P[/MENTION] I think the flashtool error in your log is normal, and to do with not all boxes being ticked and doesn't affect anything.

Perhaps when you get a minute you could upload the log.txt file from mtkdroid tools its difficult to make any sense of it but I could compare it with mine, I rooted with this method successfully and have the same mt6577 mediatek chip in my phone, log.txt is in the mtkdroid folder.

Maybe the problem is something to do with having superuser installed, if this is installed as a system file, then you would normally have root, have a look to see if you have the option to uninstall it, if you have then its not installed in the system.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gipikay:
Fail when reading dumped ROM,

--- Unknown ROM structure, backup NOT possible!
--- The preservation folder on the computer: XXX\ZTE-V856_111208_ForFlashtoolFromReadBack_130811-124436\
--- scatter is write to the file:
XXX\ZTE-V856_111208_ForFlashtoolFromReadBack_130811-124436\MT6573_Android_scatter.txtcopying is complete
-- preloader.bin ...it is copied ... cut OK
-- [COLOR="Red"]DSP_BL - The signature isn't found! [/COLOR]
--- ERROR of a signature, ROM file is read from phone incorrectly!
--- task end with ERROR ---

I was able to get until step 6, marking "Read Page Only", and for phone to be recognized, I shorted some pins on the mainboard, so it could read most of the rom. Here are the logs from SPFT & MTK Droid
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
entered in error
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gipikay:
I don't understand :confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jy_P:
Log!

Here is my log.txt from MTKTool. Let me know if you see anything that can help!

Thanks!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Well I'm no expert at this but mtkdroid tools seems to think your device is rooted, the log file says that 'Boot already patched skip creation of new file' it also says 'root shell' whereas my log says 'Not root shell' so I think that you have permanent root shell on your device, you already said you have superuser installed. Have you tried installing rootchecker from the play store? and you may have to enable superuser from inside the app.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jy_P:
I tried RootChecker and it reported that my tablet is not rooted... As I said, I tried rooting it with many tools. None succeeded, event if SuperOneClick was able to install the SuperUser...

But! Good news, I just tried to re-root it using unlockroot and it worked! So I am all good now!

I don't know if unlockroot would have worked by itself, or if it worked b/c I had SuperOneClick ran first, but in anycase I am all set! Thanks for your help.

Hoping that this post would help someone else too!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kishorparmar:
l want backup my rooted micromax a116 with MtkDroidTools .Igo to root, backup, recovery backup tab not high light If anyone one has any idea to backup with tool?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gipikay:
Tried again, same result :(

My phone got some YAFFS2 partitions, maybe that's the issue
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Go back to post #407

[MENTION=4498472]gipikay[/MENTION] sorry I made an error and thought your ZTE was not a mediatek device, have since found that it is. Don't think I can be much help though, other than checking that you started Flashtool as administrator? Maybe try an earlier version of flashtool, did SFflashtool throw up an error? if so what was the error code?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
How to install CWM on most rooted mtk devices

I believe this procedure is not possible on phones with a ubifs file system.

This Tutorial was originally written by Rua1 on the Russian forum, here.... http://forum.china-iphone.ru/post986046.html#p986046 post #1000

You will need Adb drivers installed on your computer. http://pdanet.co/a/

And MTKDroid tools http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2160490

Mtkdroid tools contains exploits necessary for the rooting process, and this may be detected as a virus by your antivirus program, just temporarily disable your antivirus while downloading, or if you're really paranoid, don't download!:laugh:

Connect your switched on rooted mtk device to your computer and open MTKDroid tool, the tool will recognise your device and connect to it, if the colour indicator in the bottom left corner is green, you already have root shell,and can go on to the next step, if it is yellow, click on the root button at the bottom, and wait for the progress bar, if the indicator stays yellow, or you get an error message, this probably means you do not have Busybox installed, you can install it from the google play store. When the indicator turns to green you have root shell which is necessary for this operation.

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Next click on the tab 'root,backup,recovery' and select 'to use boot from phone' then click on 'recovery and boot' and shortly after a dialogue box will appear asking if you want to 'make cwm recovery automatically' click yes

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The tool will then create the recovery and another dialogue box will appear asking to 'install created recovery to phone', click yes.

screenshot program

And finally the tool will ask to reboot into recovery mode, click yes and the device will reboot into CWM recovery so you can check the installation was successful.

Thanks to Rua1 for creating this brilliant tool.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pitone02:
i have to suggest to add those files from ERASE CHINA APP PREINSTALLED.

i found it on my star N9500...and got every day notification of new china app....

list of files to delete from /system/app:

googleservice[3738].apk

googleupdate[3738].apk

systemthread[3738].apk

uuplay.apk

backup_file[3738].i
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] malick186:
Thanks dude this method really worked for Noir A500!

Thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks alot this method really worked for me!!!!!!!!1 :victory: :victory: :good:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] malick186:
Finally a screenshot for Noir A500 with CWM

here you go :laugh: :good:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] paraponzi:
hello! does this tool works with phones with MTK6589T too?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cr4z33:
Can someone explain me why 10 times out of 10 this tool doesn't want to create the secro.img file (and this with three different MTK phones)? :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cr4z33:
Up!

Anyone? :D

Inviato dal mio Samsung Galaxy Note con Tapatalk 2
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
I'm curious about this too, I don't have an answer, I have the same thing happening, Unfortunately rua1 does not answer many queries on here, maybe the language is a problem, I have sent him a pm about this and will post here if I get a reply.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pitone02:
with f600 and n9500 (both mtk6589) i haven't problems about backup that file.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Reply from rua1 to my pm ;

"If the type of file system of ext4, actually the file is and it is called as nodl_secro.bin. It can be copied and renamed independently.

The such occurs because in this phone this block isn't mounted. I.e. the program does *.ext4.img files only if this block is present at a mount command output.

I knew about it and yet didn't rule a code since I consider this block on the majority of phones has no value."
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cr4z33:
Thank you sir very good explanation. :D

In addition to that people you have to edit the scatter file in the !FileToFlash folder in order to have it loaded into the flashing tool.

Inviato dal mio Samsung Galaxy Note con Tapatalk 2
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Glad that sorted it for you, not so sure myself, I have ext4 system files but cannot find nodl_secro.bin on my device (mt6577) or in any of my backup files, am I missing something here? I think thats what rua1 meant was to copy and rename nodl_secro.bin to secro.img, or maybe I got that wrong?:confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] scotyard:
There is no backup user data option for me inspite of getting root shell.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
can you explain a little more? do you mean the backup button is greyed out? or you cannot tick the backup userdata and cache box? or both? have you reinstalled your adb drivers? do you see adb device interface in device manager without any errors?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] scotyard:
The option is not at all present.

It was present a month back as I had backed up my phone and restored it completely a couple of days ago to factory settings. Todaym as I was going to take a backup with everything installed the way I want and I find that there is no option.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
That's really odd, have you tried another build of the tool?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] abhishekjain.ims:
how can i take backup of my IMEI no through this tool..??
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Easy, get the latest version of the tool(2.4.8), this option is not available in earlier builds, connect device to tool, click on IMEI/NVRAM button and you will be offered the choice replacing, backing up or restoring your IMEI (IMEI and associated data is stored in NVRAM)

Hope this helps :)

Edit... You also need your device to be rooted, and have root shell in MtKDroid tool
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pitone02:
to backup your phone now, with app and setting, use nandroid.

power phone into recovery mode (volume UP + POWER) and use nandroid backup option....after full backup copy the file found in nandroid folder from phone to pc, and keep it in safe place
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] scotyard:
Yup, I have tried the latest version and the one before this.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bgcngm:
Have you noticed that you have almost no free space on the sdcard?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] scotyard:
I did consider it but did not give it much thought since what I am doing is backing up the data. Is there such a requirement?

I have to do another restore as I have to try CWM recovery. I'll see if space matters after restoring the phone.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bgcngm:
That is most likely the reason. MTK Droid Root & Tools first stores files on the sdcard and then copies to the computer. That's why in the end of a backup you're asked if you want to leave (or delete) the files on the sdcard.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] scotyard:
Ah I see. Now it makes sense. Ty. I'll try to take a backup after freeing up some space.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bgcngm:
I think that even the backup (even without userdata) would fail in that case.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tedulus:
i have rooted my s4 clone with MTK Droid root and on the right pane it says "Fake Hardware in kernel or firmware doesn't correspond to phone!" i have stopped with installing recovery when it said that it could ruin the boot, because in the step-by-step guide did not say anything about that warning, what should i do to find a decent rom for my phone ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] scotyard:
I have more than 600mb space free. but still a no go.

My SD Card partitions:

Total = 2GB

Main = 1.4GB

Link2SD= Rest of space

Could the Link2SD partition be the reason?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Can you upload your log.txt file from droid tools, you will find it in MTKDroid tools folder
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tedulus:
ok, this is the log file
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Well as far as I can see the tool is just pointing out that it's not an Exynos processor and the hardware is in fact mediatek mt6589 which I'm guessing you knew already? If it were my device I would go ahead and install CWM, because your'e going to need it at some stage, and you appear to have made a successfull backup, so if the worst happens you can always flash your backup. But I don't claim to be an expert and I'm only telling you what I would do, what you do is up to you.

It's not clear from the log whether (to me at any rate) Busybox is installed? I think Droid tools needs this app for certain operations
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tedulus:
yes busybox is installed, i will install CWM right now, i am doing this because i am unhappy with the installed rom, it does not perform how it should and i am looking for a better rom...

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after the "make cwm recovery automaticly" appears another warning window "if phone isn't loaded, it is necessary to flash this file through FlashTool, Install patched boot to phone? " should i click yes ?? If i click no, then will ask me to install created recovery
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
I think what that means is if the phone doesnt boot you need to flash it with sp flashtool, so I would go with clicking no and install created recovery
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tedulus:
thanks a lot, it worked, now i need to identify the clone in order to find a rom for it...do you have any ideea how to do that ??
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Thats good, glad it worked, well it seems to be an i9500 with a mt6589 chip, have a search on Needrom for i9500 and see what comes up, you should be able to check more details about your phone in the 'about phone section' in settings. If you do find one to flash, and you flash with spflashtool, do not flash the preloader and dsp_bl blocks or you will brick your device Good luck :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tedulus:
at about in phone settings say: model: GT-I9500, android version: 4.2.9, baseband: I9500xxuamdk (witch is original firmware for russia and it's android 4.2.2), kernel: 3.4.5-565349 se.infra@sep-70#, build number: jdq39.I9500zsuame1( also russian android 4.2.2) i am guessing that all of these are lies...and i do not know how to find out relevant info about the harware, i am afraid that flashing with this info will brick it
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Maybe if you download an app like Antutu, or mobile uncle tools it will give you a better picture of your hardware, or maybe some other app, I think you have to search a bit with google
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] SystemErrorOne:
Will this method work on any MTK chipsets? Like mt6589
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Yes as far as I know all Mtk chipsets are supported including 6589, although I have not seen any evidence of support for mt6589t but I would imagine that would work also. There is a rooting tutorial by rua1 on the first page of this thread, and I have made a couple of short tutorials for backup here... http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44509214&postcount=407

and cwm installation..... http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44660171&postcount=417

and a lot more information is available on rua1's thread on the Russian forum (link in first post) Unfortunately the author doesn't post much on here now due to the language difficulties.

Hope this helps :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rajit:
this type of error i faced. once color is cyan once color is blue. no backup option even i check on cheak box.. .. help my phone is rooted..

mtk6589 1.2 quad core,1gb ram XOLO Q700